3 OF 21

The Selecting Jury of the New English Art Club, 1909

3 of 21 portraits of Walter Sickert

by Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen
oil on canvas, 1909
27 1/2 in. x 35 1/2 in. (699 mm x 902 mm)
Purchased, 1932
Primary Collection
NPG 2556

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Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen (1878-1931), Painter. Artist associated with 29 portraits, Sitter in 27 portraits.

Sittersback to top

Frederick Brown (1851-1941), Painter and teacher. Sitter in 8 portraits. (In this portrait)
Augustus Edwin John (1878-1961), Painter. Sitter associated with 86 portraits, Artist associated with 32 portraits.
Dugald Sutherland MacColl (1859-1948), Critic, painter and gallery director. Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
Ambrose McEvoy (1878-1927), Painter. Sitter in 6 portraits, Artist associated with 5 portraits.
Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen (1878-1931), Painter. Sitter in 27 portraits, Artist associated with 29 portraits.
Alfred William Rich (1856-1922), Watercolour painter. Sitter associated with 2 portraits. (In this portrait)
Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945), Artist and teacher of art. Sitter in 24 portraits, Artist associated with 219 portraits.
Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942), Painter. Sitter associated with 21 portraits, Artist of 8 portraits.
Philip Wilson Steer (1860-1942), Painter. Sitter in 13 portraits, Artist of 3 portraits.
Henry Tonks (1862-1937), Painter and teacher. Sitter associated with 15 portraits, Artist of 28 portraits.

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Founded in 1886 as a progressive alternative to the Royal Academy, the New English Art Club continued to be a focus for the avant-garde in the Edwardian period. By the time of Orpen's painting, however, the NEAC itself seemed increasingly conservative to younger artists associated with the Fitzroy Street group.